Tour De Soul: Stop 6 – Christ Community Church

My new stop for this Sunday (10/14) on Tour De Soul was Christ Community Church (CCC). CCC is located in Northwest Austin, near, if not just past, the Travis/Williamson county line. You can visit them on the web at cccaustin.com. If you’d like to hear a recent smattering of sermons from CCC, you can click [...]

AWKA Kickball 2007 Update: Victory in Defeat

In sports, the notion of moral victories seemingly means very little. Still, I think there is something to be said for the underdog boxer who manages to hang in with the champ for the full 12 rounds (remember the original Rocky movie?). Consider also the first-time distance runner who finishes the marathon in last place; [...]

Project Transformation: Day 42 – A First Time in a Long Time

It’s been a little while since my last post, much less my last post about my weight loss progress. Well, I just want to give you an update on where I stand. At the end of six weeks, my weight loss is holding steady at 21 pounds gone. You wouldn’t believe how much better I [...]

Project Transformation: Day 31 – Please Tell Me The Scale’s Not Lying!

I’m heading into the home stretch of the first five weeks and it’s been a few days since I’ve last worked out. This doesn’t mean that I haven’t been physically active. It just means I’ve not been in the gym. Last week, I pounded myself with four straight days of working out (Sun thru Wed). [...]

Original Poetry: “Taken”

“Taken”
(c) 2006 by Dennis J. Colwell (aka StrUHT). All Rights Reserved.
I believe it was another poet who said that poets have a responsibility to be the voice of those who cannot speak. We are to be the expression of the mute. I’ve done a couple of writings concerning the matters of sexual and domestic abuse. [...]